Beamish Red style

[Timmsy]

I was at the local brewcraft shop the other day and grabed this cause it was on special. Havnt tried it before so i thought id give it a shot. Get it home and it in cluded

1 x Beermakers Lager
1 x Black Rock light liquid malt
1 x S04 Safale yeast
1 x 15g Fuggles hops
1 x 500g crystal grain

Has anyone done this?? As i opened it up and doesnt tell me what im spose to do with the crystal grain?? Can anyone help me out before i tackle this one?

[Kevnlis]

I was at the local brewcraft shop the other day and grabed this cause it was on special. Havnt tried it before so i thought id give it a shot. Get it home and it in cluded

1 x Beermakers Lager
1 x Black Rock light liquid malt
1 x S04 Safale yeast
1 x 15g Fuggles hops
1 x 500g crystal grain

Has anyone done this?? As i opened it up and doesnt tell me what im spose to do with the crystal grain?? Can anyone help me out before i tackle this one?

Steep the crystal in 8 litres water @ 65C for at least 1 hour. Strain the crystal and add the LLME bring to boil then remove from heat and add the kit stirring it in well then add the hops. Add to fermentor and cool to about 25C. Pitch the yeast and bring down to 18C after activity shows in the airlock.

[ozcah]

Hiya,

Got one of these kits myself with no instructions, not that their instructions are close to being useful, so I emailed brewcraft and here's the repsonse.

Crack the grain with a rolling pin in a clean cloth then add to 2 litres of
water in a sauce pan, bring to the boil (don't let boil) and simmer for 20
minutes.

Add the hops in the last minute of the grain simmer.

After that turn the heat off, let stand for 10 minutes, then strain contents
into your fermenter with a fine strainer and use that hot mixture to mix in
your can and liquid malt.

Also brew to 20L. It says that on the website if you look for "more info" about the kit.

Catchya
Osc

[Timmsy]

Well that helps alot. the instructions they have in there have nothing like that! You would think they would include instuctions detailing how you would do it for a novice brewer

[KEG]

the thing that brewcraft haven't really stressed enough in that email is the temperature.

for steeping you can have it vary up and down with little ill-effect as long as you don't spend very much time above 70c, or you'll start extracting astringent tannins from the grain husks.. imagine sucking a teabag to know what i mean.

[Kevnlis]

Follow my instructions and you will be OK. I forgot to mention cracking the grain, I for some silly reason thought they would have been nice enough to do it for you

If you can't handle steeping for an hour then 30 minutes would be OK.

[KEG]

i use a cheap coffee machine when i'm steeping small amounts. i put the grain and hot water in the jug and leave it on the coffee machine to keep warm. i've kept an eye on the temps, and they stay remarkably close to what i'm after. it was about $12 from Aldi if i recall correctly. nothing like improvisation

[Cortez The Killer]

That's alot of crystal in a batch - especially a lager which will be lightly hopped

Might wanna drop it down to 250g say

Cheers

[Pale_Ale]

That's alot of crystal in a batch - especially a lager which will be lightly hopped

Might wanna drop it down to 250g say

Cheers

Yeah - 500g is the max you would want to go even in a regular ale

[rwh]

My Sierra Nevada Pale Ale recipe calls for 700g!

[Pale_Ale]

Just a guide rwh I remember seeing a table that stated the max % of fermentables that crystal should comprise. I find it is a good indicator for most brews, but obviously with the hop schedule of a SNPA it makes sense to add a bit more!

[Cortez The Killer]

My Sierra Nevada Pale Ale recipe calls for 700g!

It's all good so long as the beer is balanced

Cheers

[Mattzilla]

I'm just about to brew this brew with the exact ingredients listed at the very top.

Thanks for the tips in the thread i'll put them to good use

cheers